Strategy - Blueprints
Topics
Identify and Manage Security Risk Impacts on Your OrganizationIt is time to start looking at risk realistically and move away from “trust but verify” toward zero trust. |
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Essentials of Vendor Management for Small BusinessThe purpose of the blueprint is to provide small/medium businesses (SMB) with the basic vendor management necessities to maximize their IT vendor investment. SMBs continue... |
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Elevate Your Vendor Management InitiativeOnce your vendor management initiative (VMI) has been operating for a while, it's time to take the next step in its evolution. It's time to transform the VMI from tactical... |
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Identify and Manage Reputational Risk Impacts on Your OrganizationOrganizations must diligently assess and protect their reputations, both in the market and internally. |
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Evaluate Your Vendor Account Team to Optimize Vendor RelationsUnderstanding your vendor team’s background, experience, and strategic approach to your account is key to the management of the relationship, the success of the vendor... |
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Identify and Manage Strategic Risk Impacts on Your OrganizationOrganizations must evolve their strategic risk assessments to be more adaptive to respond to global changes in the market. Ongoing monitoring of the market and the vendors... |
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Identify and Manage Financial Risk Impacts on Your OrganizationVendors’ failure to perform, including security and compliance violations, can have significant financial consequences. Good vendor management practices help organizations... |
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Drive Successful Sourcing Outcomes With a Robust RFP ProcessA bad RFP is ineffective and incomplete; it creates more questions than it answers; and, perhaps most importantly, it does not meet your organization expectations. Using... |
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Reduce Risk With Rock-Solid Service-Level AgreementsCustomers struggle to understand and evaluate what’s in the SLA and if they are meaningful and to protect their investment. Not understanding the details of SLAs applicable... |
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Price Benchmarking & NegotiationMany organizations are ill equipped with tools, processes, and price negotiation tactics to optimize their agreements, resulting in increased fees. Turn your next vendor... |
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